9.2% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beresfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beresfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.2% of people in Beresfield volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, a higher number of residents provide unpaid care for others compared to most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than in most other areas. At 9.2%, this is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care, which is a little above the state and national figures. Around 26.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, while 21.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.0% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most areas. This figure is 4.0%, which is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
4.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Beresfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10301/beresfield/topic/community